title: [Positive result of human chorionic gonadotropin. Diagnostic considerations].
abstract: Positive serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin (beta-HCG) in reproductive-age women generally indicates a pregnancy in healthy women. Nevertheless, this result can also be associated to other different etiologies that every gynecologist must know. A case report of a 41-year-old woman who had an elevated beta-HCG serum level without pregnancy is presented, which turned out to be the first sign of lung cancer.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Comarcal de Barbastro, Huesca, España. mbcarazo@salud.aragon.es
authors.forename: Belén
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Carazo-Hernández
authors.forename: Beatriz Rojas
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Pérez-Ezquerra
authors.forename: Olivia
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Lafalla-Bernad
authors.forename: María del Carmen
authors.initials: Mdel C
authors.lastname: Pérez-Serrano
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bretón-Hernández
authors.forename: Ernesto
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fabre-González
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D006063:Chorionic Gonadotropin